Intracellular recording in behaving animals

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Long, Michael A ^a   Lee, Albert K ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84857686532     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.10.013     Document Type: Review

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